Thanks to everybody in this awesome community!
Operation went well; got over my fear today thanks to a great surgeon. Have high levels of platelets in my blood, so did not bleed much at all. It's 9:00PM here in Perth, and I'm home already. Only given paracetamol for the pain, but at the moment pain level is sitting at about 1.5 out of ten. Surgery was performed at 7:30AM this morning, so I'm sure that the anesthetic has worn off, and this is the most pain I will be going through. Will know tomorrow after a good nights sleep in my own bed.
Once again, love this community, even though I am not here too much these days.
Thank you all for your prayers and wishes.
Andrew. :-)